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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Legislature has approved a budget that for the first time includes millions of dollars in funding for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, as other states grapple with tightening abortion restrictions.

The Senate on Tuesday approved the $8.1 billion general appropriations bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The budget proposal now heads to Gov. Kevin Stitt, who is expected to sign it.

The $2 million for crisis pregnancy centers would be the state's first anti-abortion funding since lawmakers passed the 2017 Choosing Childbirth Act, The Oklahoman repo...